108 Online Repetitions of
Mahamrityunjaya Mantra
by Swami Nardanand(Click here
to go back to the main Mahamrityunjaya page)

The sound of the mantra should repeat
108 times in the background of this web page (there are usually 108
beads on a mala), and this will play for about 18 minutes. If you do not hear
the mantra for some technical reason,
then you may click here. The audio sound sample
is by my dear friend, Swami Nardanand.

We Meditate on the Three-eyed
reality
Which permeates and nourishes all like a fragrance.
May
we be liberated from death for the sake of immortality,
Even as the cucumber is severed from bondage to the creeper.

Mahamrityunjaya Mantra (maha-mrityun-jaya)
is one of the more potent of the ancient Sanskrit mantras. Maha mrityunjaya is a call
for enlightenment and is a practice of purifying the karmas of the soul
at a deep level. It is also said to be quite beneficial for
mental, emotional, and physical health.

Tryambakam:
Trya means three. Ambakam means eyes. It means the three eyes of the
Absolute, which are the processes of creation, existence, and
dissolution, as well as the other triads, which are part of AUM. The three "eyes" means
experiencing these three stages and triads at one time, from the higher,
all pervasive vantage point of the Absolute.

Yajamahe:
We rejoice in meditation on all of this.

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Sugandhim:
Means fragrance. Like a spreading fragrance, all of this permeates the
whole of existence, while at the same time being that existence

Pushtivardhanam:
Means that which sustains and nourishes all. Thus, the fragrance that
permeates all is the sustainer of all beings, while also the essence of
all beings.

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Urvarukamiva:
Urva means big and powerful. Arukam means disease, like the spiritual
diseases of ignorance and untruth, which are like the death of Wisdom or
Truth.

Bandhanan:
Means bound down, as in bound down to the ignorance and untruth.

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Mrityor:
Means ignorance and untruth.

Mukshiya:
Means liberation from the cycles of physical, mental, and spiritual
death.

Maamritat:
Means please give me rejuvenating nectar, so as to have this liberation,
like the process of severing the cucumber from the creeping vine.

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This site is devoted
to presenting the ancient Self-Realization path of the Tradition of
the Himalayan masters in simple, understandable and beneficial ways,
while not compromising quality or depth. The goal of our sadhana or
practices is the highest Joy that comes from the Realization in
direct experience of the center of consciousness, the Self, the
Atman or Purusha, which is one and the same with the Absolute
Reality. This Self-Realization comes through Yoga meditation of the
Yoga Sutras, the contemplative insight of Advaita Vedanta, and the
intense devotion of Samaya Sri Vidya Tantra, the three of which
complement one another like fingers on a hand. We employ the
classical approaches of Raja, Jnana, Karma, and Bhakti Yoga, as well
as Hatha, Kriya, Kundalini, Laya, Mantra, Nada, Siddha, and Tantra
Yoga. Meditation, contemplation, mantra and prayer finally converge
into a unified force directed towards the final stage, piercing the
pearl of wisdom called bindu, leading to the Absolute.